Hockey Dreams
by David Adams Richards
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With a voice as Canadian as winter, David Adams Richards reflects on the place of hockey in the Canadian soul.The lyrical narrative of Hockey Dreams flows from Richards' boyhood games on the Miramichi to heated debates with university professors who dare to back the wrong team. It examines the globalization of hockey, and how Canadians react to the threat of foreigners beating us at 'our' game.Part memoir, part essay on national identity, part hockey history, Hockey Dreams is a meditation by show more one of Canada s finest writers on the essence of the game that helps define our nation. show lessTags
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David Adams Richards lives in Toronto with his wife and two sons. Author David Adams Richards was born in Newcastle, New Brunswick, Canada on October 17, 1950. He has received numerous awards for his works including the Canadian Authors Association Award for Evening Show Will Bring Such Peace in 1991, the Canada-Australia Literary Prize in 1992, show more and the Giller Prize for Mercy Among the Children in 2000. He also won the Governor General's Award in both the fiction and non-fiction categories with Nights below Station Street in 1988 and Lines on the Water in 1998 respectively. He currently lives with his family in Toronto, Canada. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Genres
- Sports and Leisure, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 796.962 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Athletic and outdoor sports and games Winter sports Ice games and sports Ice hockey
- LCC
- GV848.4 .C2 .R52 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Recreation. Leisure Recreation. Leisure Sports
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- 30
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 5
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